1980 Denver Broncos Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Red Miller (8-8)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1980 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Red Miller (8-8)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1980 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Broncos scored 310 points, but the defense surrendered 323. Craig Morton tossed for 2,150 yards. Jim Jensen paced pass catchers, hauling in 49 passes, while Haven Moses accumulated 674 receiving yards, while Rick Upchurch and Riley Odoms provided receiving help as well.
Jim Jensen ran for a team-best 476 yards for Denver, while Dave Preston and Otis Armstrong also contributed to the rushing attack.
Steve Foley picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition.
Red Miller coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Morton | 301 | 183 | 60.8 | 2150 | 7.1 | 12 | 4.0 | 13 | 4.3 | 41 | 26 | 190 | 77.8 |
| Matt Robinson | 162 | 78 | 48.1 | 942 | 5.8 | 2 | 1.2 | 12 | 7.4 | 52 | 17 | 136 | 39.7 |
| Jeff Knapple | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||
| Totals | 467 | 262 | 56.1 | 3107 | 6.7 | 14 | 3.0 | 25 | 5.4 | 52 | 44 | 330 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Jensen | 101 | 476 | 4.7 | 32 | 2 |
| Otis Armstrong | 106 | 470 | 4.4 | 20 | 4 |
| Dave Preston | 111 | 385 | 3.5 | 19 | 4 |
| Rob Lytle | 57 | 223 | 3.9 | 35 | 1 |
| Jon Keyworth | 38 | 127 | 3.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Matt Robinson | 21 | 47 | 2.2 | 22 | 3 |
| Craig Morton | 21 | 29 | 1.4 | 9 | 1 |
| Emery Moorehead | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeff Knapple | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 480 | 1865 | 3.9 | 35 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Jensen | 49 | 377 | 7.7 | 28 | 1 |
| Rick Upchurch | 46 | 605 | 13.2 | 35 | 3 |
| Riley Odoms | 39 | 590 | 15.1 | 30 | 6 |
| Haven Moses | 38 | 674 | 17.7 | 33 | 4 |
| Dave Preston | 35 | 309 | 8.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 18 | 177 | 9.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 15 | 87 | 5.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Larry Brunson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Larson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 262 | 3107 | 11.9 | 52 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Steinfort | 33 | 32 | 97.0 | 34 | 26 | 76.5 | 110 |
| Totals | 33 | 32 | 97.0 | 34 | 26 | 76.5 | 110 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Prestridge | 70 | 3075 | 43.9 | 57 |
| Totals | 70 | 3075 | 43.9 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Upchurch | 37 | 353 | 9.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Mike Harden | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Larry Brunson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 408 | 9.7 | 34 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Brunson | 40 | 923 | 23.1 | 53 | 0 |
| Mike Harden | 12 | 214 | 17.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 1290 | 20.8 | 53 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Foley | 4 | 115 | 28.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Randy Gradishar | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 93 | 1 |
| Bill Thompson | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Perry Smith | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Ryan | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Maurice Harvey | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Latimer | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Larry Evans | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bernard Jackson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rob Nairne | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 343 | 21.4 | 93 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Morton | 4 | 3 | -7 | 0 | |||
| Bill Thompson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rubin Carter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aaron Kyle | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Nairne | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Bryan | 2 | 1 | -20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rulon Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Barney Chavous | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Watson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Glassic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Studdard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernard Jackson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brison Manor | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Robinson | 6 | 1 | -7 | 0 | |||
| Greg Boyd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Preston | 3 | 1 | -8 | 0 | |||
| Mike Harden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jon Keyworth | 2 | 0 | -9 | 0 | |||
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Fred Steinfort | 26 | 32 | 0 | 110 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Haven Moses | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Otis Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Dave Preston | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Matt Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Jim Jensen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bill Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Don Latimer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Randy Gradishar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Rulon Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 310 |
